MAVELIKKARA: A native of Uttar Pradesh who tried to abduct a four-and-a-half-year-old girl from her backyard in Thazhakkara was caught by the locals and handed over to the police.

Maneet Singh (30), a native of Uttar Pradesh, was caught and handed over to the police by the locals who tried to abduct Eva Phoebe, the daughter of Phoebe and Jeena, at Ebenezer Villa in Thazhakkara. The incident happened at 11 am on Friday. Maneet Singh, who had come to sell tile cleaning solution, picked up the child and placed her on the silencer of the bullet in the backyard. Seeing this, her brother Denil screamed and Maneet ran away. The locals caught him from Kallimel's side and handed him over to the police.